Battle for Rome

Order of Battle: Allies

by Frank Watson


Initial Forces May I 44
Allied Player Turn

Miscellaneous

Rail Capacity. 10
Accumulated MTO Replacements:
American: 8 inf RPs, 25 arm RPs.
British: 8 inf RPs, 4 arm RPs, 4 Can inf RPs.
OtherAllied: 5 Polish inf RPs.
Forts: Place forts in Ortona (26:1719), Velletri (26:1825), Anzio (26:1925), 26:2122, and 26:2222.

Allied Forces in Italy
15th Army Group

General Sir Harold R. L. G. Alexander

US Fifth Army

(Lt. General Mark W. Clark)
All units are American unless otherwise noted.

US VI Corps (Maj. General Lucian K. Truscoft)

Velletri (26.1825)
1x 9-8 Inf XX 5 (British)
1x 4-5-8* Inf Cadre (9-8) 1 (British)
1x 9-8 Inf XX 45
1x 3-10 mot Inf X A (British)
1x 3-8 Marine Cmdo X 2 (RM) (British)

Anzio (26:1925)
1x 16-10 Arm XX 1
1x 10-8 Inf XX 3
1x 9-8 Inf XX 34
1x 3-8* Mtn Cmdo X 1 SSF (US/Can)
1x 3-8 Eng III 36

Place in either hex 26:1825 or 1925
1x 3-10 mot Art X 8 A (British)
1x 2-3-10 mot hv AA X AA=8 2 (British)
1x. 2-3-8 Eng X 22 (British)
1x 3-10 mot hv AA X AA=8 4
2x 2-1-10 Tank II 191,751
1x 1-8 Inf II 100
1x 4-8 Art X VI
1x 3-8 Art X 35
3x 1-2-10 mot AT II 601,636,701

US II Corps (Maj. General Geoffrey Keyes)

Hex 26.2122
1x 9-8 Inf XX 88
1x 8-8 Inf XX 85
1x 4-8 Art X II

CEF (French Expeditionary Corps) (Lt. General Alphonse Juin)

Hex 26:2122
1x 8-8 Mtn XX 4 Mar (Afr)
3x 2-1-8 Mtn III 1 TM, 3 TM, 4 TM (Afr)

Hex 26:2222
1x 9-8 Inf XX 1 FL (French)
1x 8-8 Inf XX 2 Mar (Afr)

CEF Reserves. Place in any Allied-owned hexes in or adjacent to hexes 26:2122 or 26:2222
1x 8-8 Inf XX 3 Aig (Air)
1x 4-3-8 Art X CEF (Air)
1x 2-3-8 hv AA X AA=5 CEF (French)
1x 1-6 Eng III 151 (French)

US IV Corps (Lt. Gen. Willis D. Crittenberger)

Naples (26.2422)
1x 9-8 Inf XX 36
1x 5-8 Art X IV

Fifth Army Support.
Place in Italy on or south of the following line of hexes: 26:1719-2020-2021-2222
1x 6-5-8 Art X 17
1x 4-3-8 Art X 194
1x 2-3-10 mot Art X 6
1x 2-1-8 Mtn Art X 77
4x. 3-10 mot hv AA X AA=8 8,9,80,106
1x 2-3-6 Mtn Eng X 1108
3x 3-8 Eng III 19,40,540
6x 2-1-10 Tank II 752,753,755,756, 757,760
2x 1-10 Mech Cav II 91,117
2x 2-1-8 Siege Art II 697,698
4x 1-2-10 mot AT II 645,776,804,894

British Eighth Army

General Sir Oliver Leese
All units are British unless otherwise noted

British XIII Corps (Lt. General Sidney Kirkman)

Hex 26:2021
1x 9-8 Inf XX 4

Hex 26:2122
1x 9-8 Inf XX 78
1x 8-8 Inf XX 8 (Ind)

Polish II Corps (Lt General Wladyslaw Anders)

Hex 26:2021
2x 7-8 Mtn XX 3 Karp, 5 Kres (Pol)
1x 4-10 mot Inf X 1 G
1x 4-8 Art X 2 (Pol)
1x 1-2-8 It AA X AA=3 2 (Pol)
1x 2-1-10 Recon II UK (Pol)

British X Corps (Lt. General Sir R. L. McCreery)

Hex 26.1920
1x 3-4-6 Y-X Grp CEL (Italian)
1x 4-10 mot Inf X 24 G
1x 2-5 Para X 2

Hex 26:2020
1x 15-10 Mech XX 2 (NZ)

British V Corps (Lt. General C. F. Keightley)

Ortona (26:1719)
1x 8-8 Inf XX 10 (Ind)
1x 7-10 Arm X 23

Hex 26:1819
1x 8-8 Mtn XX 4 (Ind)

Eighth Army Support:
Place in Italy on or south of the following line of hexes. 26:1719-2020-2021-2222
1x 13-10 Arm XX 6
1x 6-4-10 Arm X 9
4x 8-7-8 Art XX Grp AA=1 1,2,6,10
1x 2-3-10 mot hv AA X AA=8 8
1x 2-3-8 Eng X 16
3x 2-1-10 Recon II 1 DG, 1 HCR, 12 L
3x 2-10 mot lt AA X V, X, XM

Canadian I Corps (Lt. General E. L. M. Burns)

After the German player sets up, place in Italy on or south of the following line of hexes: 26:1719-2020-2021-2222. (The historical setup for these units was hex 26:2121.)
1x 13-10 Arm XX 5 (Can)
1x 10-8 Inf XX 1 (Can)
1x 6-4-10 Arm X 1 (Can)
1x 6-8 An X 1 (Can)
x 2-1-10 Recon II 1 (Can)

Allied Reinforcements and Replacements

Allied reinforcements arrive at Naples (26:2422) via naval transport, spending 2 MPs to do so. Arriving reinforcements count against the Allied naval transport capacity. The Allied player may delay the arrival of any reinforcement, and incurs no penalty for doing so.

May I 44
Arrive:
1x 13-10 Am XX 6 (SA)
1x 6-4-10 Arm X 25 T (British)

Jun I 44
Arrive:
1x 5-8* Inf III 442 (US)
1x 3-5 Para III 517 (US)
1x 3-8* Inf III A (US)
1x 3-8* Mtn X 3 (Greek)

Replacements:
American: 12 inf RPs, 10 arm RPs
British: 4 inf RPs, 3 arm RPs, 1 Canadian inf RP


Battle for Rome Operation Diadem: May - June, 1944


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